#4B2597#4B2597

#4B2597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.172 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2597
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 44.29, -55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 71.29, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0632 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.172 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1476, 5.0530, 29.7655)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2597 #719725

analogous

#253897 #4B2597 #842597

triadic

#4B2597 #974B25 #25974B

tetradic

#4B2597 #972538 #719725 #259784

square

#4B2597 #972538 #719725 #259784

split-complementary

#4B2597 #978425 #389725

monochromatic

#1A0D35 #331966 #4B2597 #6331C8 #875FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4B2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4B2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2597

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2597	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.172 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564b7',
    500: '#4b2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2597;
$custom-light: #8564b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38951,
    "c": 0.17235,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2597

secondary

#9CBD5B

accent

#E444AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2597

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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